The Chattooga Indians will have the night off tonight with a bye week while the Trion Bulldogs will be in action at home against Greenville as we head into week 9 of the 2024 high school football season.  Both Trion and Chattooga are in the final stretch of their respective region schedules with only two games left in the regular season and all games at this time of the year have huge playoff implications.

The 8th ranked Trion Bulldogs are 7-1 on the season overall with a 1-1 region 7-A record.  The Dawgs are coming off a bye week and are currently tied for 3rd place in the region.  The Bulldogs will welcome the Greenville Patriots to Sam R. McCain stadium.  Trion and Greenville have only played each other two times in the school’s history back in 1980 and 1981 which were both quarterfinal playoff games.  Greenville won in 1980 and Trion came away with the win in 1981.  Greenville comes into tonight’s contest with a 3-2 overall record and a 1-0 region record.  The Patriots have recorded wins over Calhoun County, Columbus and Mount Zion.  Their two losses have come against Hardaway and Pike County.  Trion and Greenville only have one common opponent in the Mount Zion Eagles.  Trion defeated Mount Zion 44-0 while Greenville won a close game with Mount Zion 37-35.  After tonight’s game, Trion will have another bye week next week before finishing the regular season two weeks from tonight on the road in a huge showdown with Bowdon.

The Chattooga Indians have a bye week this week and will start preparing for a road trip to Trenton next week to play the Dade County Wolverines in a critical game that could determine who gets the fourth and final playoff spot in Region 7-A Division 1.  Chattooga is on a three game losing streak after losing to region foe Christian Heritage last week 49-14.  The Indians currently sit at 4th place in the region with a 2-3 region record.

The Trion vs Greenville game will be live video streamed on the WZQZ Facebook page and will as broadcast live on the radio on 99.1 FM and AM 1180.  Paul Cavin and Jeremy Burke will call the action from Trion along with Jim Warnock on the camera.  The pregame show will begin around 7:15 pm with kickoff to follow at 7:30 pm.